Global Forum on Cyber Expertise About the GFCE Everyone should be able to fully reap the benefits of Information and Communicate Technology (ICT) through a free, open, and secure digital world. Overview Of Existing Confidence Building Measures As Applied To Cyberspace GFCE Working Groups Members and partners work together on cyber capacity building through Working Groups. The GFCE Working Groups are based on the five prioritized themes in the Delhi Communiqué1, seeking to encourage multistakeholder dialogue on the implementation of cyber capacity building: bringing together needs, resources and expertise. The five themes are: • Cybersecurity policy & strategy; • Cyber incident management & critical information protection; • Cybercrime; • Cybersecurity culture & skills; • Cybersecurity standards. Working Group on Cybersecurity policy and strategy The Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE) was launched at the Global The theme of cybersecurity policy and strategy can be seen as the foundation of the other identified themes Conference on Cyber Space in The Hague in the Delhi Communiqué. The aim of the group is thus to help countries and other stakeholders improve based on this vision. their policy and strategy making capacity. Recognizing the importance of the international cyber ConfidenceBuilding Measures (CBMs) and Norms efforts, the Working Group formed a new Task Force on CBMs and The GFCE was tasked with a clear Norms Implementation & Cyber Diplomacy at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in 2018. mission to strengthen cyber capacity and expertise globally by being a pragmatic, The Task Force focuses on practical cyber capacity building with regards to CBMs, norms implementation action-oriented and flexible platform for and cyber diplomacy and aims to empower countries to be able to engage on these topics. In 2019, the Task international co-operation. Force mapped existing CBMs and norms, and identified key stakeholders, actors, and events in this space. The Task Force has also mapped over 50 cyber capacity building projects and developed a repository of The unique structure of the GFCE as a relevant tools and publications on Cybil2, the CCB Knowledge Portal. At this stage, the Task Force seeks to bottom-up, neutral and apolitical forum bridge countries with the complex international cyber discussions and explore ways to support the practical provides an excellent opportunity for multi- implementation of the outcomes of such discussions. stakeholders to exchange best practices and expertise on cyber capacity building. For more information on the Task Force, please contact the GFCE Secretariat at contact@thegfce.org. 1 Delhi Communique: https://www.thegfce.com/delhi-communique/documents/publications/2017/11/24/delhi-communique 2 https://cybilportal.org/ 5